OcUK DDoS attack - £10,000 reward

Meatball · 22 Jan 2009 at 15:10

Do you think they've left the forums alone so they can read what everyone is saying in this thread?

bigredshark · 22 Jan 2009 at 15:11

Le_Petit_Lapin said:
You can't very well protect against a DDOS attack.

Well actually you can as I've pointed out, today with the right equipment even very high level attacks can be blocked without disruption to service. It's expensive so only those really prone to attacks are taking it up at the moment though...

alex24 · 22 Jan 2009 at 15:11

Meatball said:
Do you think they're leaving the forums to read what is being sent in this thread?

Then there's a slight irony in the fact they're using the very forums they have so much against, nice one.

If you are reading this, I hope you get caught, this is peoples livelyhoods you're interefering with remember, nobody is going to take that well. I hope someone messes with your income too and then you can see how it feels.

Marf · 22 Jan 2009 at 15:12

Durzel said:
I'm sorry if the above analogy flew over your head, but I thought it was quite poignant. The point is - if through your actions (or inactions) you drive people to desperate measures maybe you should look closer to home for ways to stop them occuring in the first place.

No, the analogy didnt fly over my head, it just dont feel its apt.

In my opinion its downright stupid and offensive to the memories of those who died on 9/11 to compare a DDoS on a private business to a terrorist attack which killed 3000 odd people.

thepeganator · 22 Jan 2009 at 15:12

emailiscrap said:
And you think that was wise?

LOAM · 22 Jan 2009 at 15:12

alexhull24 said:
Then there's a slight irony in the fact they're using the very forums they have so much against, nice one.

If you are reading this, I hope you get caught, this is peoples livelyhoods you're interefering with remember, nobody is going to take that well. I hope someone messes with your income too and then you can see how it feels.

think of the children

thepeganator · 22 Jan 2009 at 15:13

emailiscrap said:
And you think that was wise?

Promoting competitors is against the rules, which I certainly wasn't, I was saying how rubbish they were and that I wont go back there again.

OcUK is the only company that I've been to that hasn't caused me problems.

{SAS}TB · 22 Jan 2009 at 15:14

LOAM said:
think of the children

Now, now youve been warned about that before

Bakedgoods · 22 Jan 2009 at 15:14

Security consultants?

DampCat · 22 Jan 2009 at 15:14

~TB~ said:
Now, now youve been warned about that before

hahaha, brilliant.

LOAM · 22 Jan 2009 at 15:15

~TB~ said:
Now, now youve been warned about that before

I wasn't warned, I was charged

Knubje · 22 Jan 2009 at 15:15

asim18 said:
Trawl through server records, make a list of all the IP addresses and host names for the computers responsible and then contact their ISPs.

Swing.....and a miss!

I hope you get this sorted soon Spie, good luck!

alex24 · 22 Jan 2009 at 15:16

No anti-OcUK posts
OcUK will never allow these forums to be used by those who would seek to tarnish our name, no matter how justified they feel their circumstances are. Posts of an offending nature slagging off OcUK, demoralising or demeaning the company name, complaints about bad service, etc. will not be tolerated.

Think that's pretty clear.

Streeteh · 22 Jan 2009 at 15:19

Hmmm, i feel another ddos coming on, forums have suddenly ground to a hault D:

bigredshark · 22 Jan 2009 at 15:20

Captain_Slick said:
I'm not here to **** off OcUK, I haven't had any problems with them and I've ordered quite a lot from the online store.

All I'm saying is that it's understandable for things like this to happen when OcUK operates like a child in some cases.

It's understandable if you think people acting like 5 year olds is acceptable. If you think you've been wronged by a company, there's a legal avenue for you to reclaim any costs.

A DDOS attack is illegal (not to mention cowardly), it's in no way understandable - how about I get screwed by a high street retailer and burn their shop down in return - that's not understandable in any rational world.

I'd also add that it's not the place to discuss it really, if you have a problem with somebody that's up to you but you don't discuss it in their front room. OCUK provide the forums free of charge, which is a nice thing to do considering the likely cost, constructive criticism I can understand but comments approaching 'they deserve it' are a bit out of line...

Gaygle · 22 Jan 2009 at 15:22

I wonder how much money this is costing OcUK a day?

4T5 · 22 Jan 2009 at 15:23

Never ceases to amaze me when people think they can **** of a Fellas shop/business on the forum HE provides, Are these people just as Thick as Cow crap or just plain retarded.
Even funnier are the ones that get annoyed for having the offending posts deleted.
"How dare you delete my post slagging your shop off" :confused:

+

Complete ******* if you ask me.

alex24 · 22 Jan 2009 at 15:24

malc30 said:
Never ceases to amaze me when people think they can **** of a Fellas shop/business on the forum HE provides, Are these people just as Thick as Cow crap or just plain retarded.
Even funnier are the ones that get annoyed for having the offending posts deleted.
"How dare you delete my post slagging your shop off" +

Complete ******* if you ask me.

If there's one thing i've learned in working in a PC shop, it's that the world is full of these people.

thepeganator · 22 Jan 2009 at 15:25

Gaygle said:
I wonder how much money this is costing OcUK a day?

Well they're probably loosing 80% of their online sale...

ramdor · 22 Jan 2009 at 15:25

Gaygle said:
I wonder how much money this is costing OcUK a day?

Lots I would imagine. It would be like tescos having 1 till working at peak times.

Not good.

OcUK DDoS attack - £10,000 reward

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